Validity requirements for settlement as a partner or child of a person on a protection route

STP 6.1. An applicant who is applying for settlement as a partner or child of a person on a protection route must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form as follows:

1. STP 6.2. An application for settlement as a partner or child on a person on a settlement route must meet all the following requirements:
   1. (a) the applicant must have provided any required biometrics; and
   2. (b) the applicant must satisfactorily establish their identity and nationality; and
   3. (c) the applicant must be in the UK on the date of application.

1. STP 6.3. Unless the applicant is a child born in the UK while their parent had refugee status or humanitarian protection, the applicant must have, or have last been granted, permission as the dependent partner or dependent child of a person granted refugee status or humanitarian protection.

1. STP 6.4. An application which does not meet the validity requirements for settlement as a partner or child of a person on a protection route is invalid and may be rejected and not considered.

Suitability requirements for settlement as a partner or child of a person on a protection route

1. STP 7.1. An application for settlement as a partner or child of a person on a settlement route must be refused where the applicant:
   1. (a) has been convicted of a criminal offence in the UK or overseas for which they have received a custodial sentence of four years or more; or
   2. (b) has been convicted of a criminal offence in the UK or overseas for which they have received a custodial sentence of at least 12 months but less than four years, unless a period of 15 years has passed since the end of their sentence; or
   3. (c) has been convicted of a criminal offence in the UK or overseas for which they have received a custodial sentence of less than 12 months, unless a period of seven years has passed since the end of their sentence; or
   4. (d) within the 24 months prior to the date on which the application for settlement is decided, has been convicted of or admitted to an office in the UK or overseas for which they have received a non-custodial sentence, or received an out-of-court disposal that is recorded on their criminal record; or
   5. (e) is a persistent offender who shows a particular disregard for the law; or
   6. (f) has committed a criminal offence, or offences, which caused serious harm; or
   7. (g) where a grant of settlement is not conducive to the public good because of their conduct, character, associations or other reasons (including convictions which do not fall within the criminality grounds) or the fact they represent a threat to national security.

Eligibility requirements for settlement as a partner or child of a person on a protection route.

Relationship requirement for settlement as the partner of a person on a protection route.

1. STP 8.1. The applicant must be the partner of a person (P) where one of the following applies:
   1. (a) P has refugee status or humanitarian protection and is, at the same time as the applicant, being granted settlement; or
   2. (b) P has refugee status or humanitarian protection, is settled on the protection route and the applicant had permission to stay as P’s partner when P settled.

1. STP 8.2. The relationship between the applicant and their partner (P) must be genuine and subsisting.

1. STP 8.3. The applicant and their partner (P) must intend to continue to live together as partners in the UK.

Relationship requirement for settlement as a child of a person on a protection route

1. STP 9.1. The applicant must be the child of a person (P) where one of the following applies:
   1. (a) P has refugee status or humanitarian protection and is, at the same time as the applicant, being granted settlement; or
   2. (b) P has refugee status or humanitarian protection, is settled and the applicant had permission to stay as P’s child or was born in the UK while P had permission to stay on a protection route.

1. STP 9.2. If the applicant is a child born in the UK, the applicant must provide a full UK birth certificate showing the name of the parent (P) who is or was on a protection route.

Age requirement for settlement as a child of a person on a protection route

1. STP 10.1. The child must be under the age of 18 on the date of application unless they were last granted permission as the dependent child of a parent or parents who is or was at that time on a protection route.